The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will use three indicators to consider requesting the issuance of a state of emergency when a certain number is reached.
Either the bed usage rate for critically ill patients, which was calculated based on the new criteria based on the characteristics of the Omicron strain, or the percentage of inpatients who require oxygen administration, is either 30% to 40%, and is new. This is the case when the 7-day average number of positives reaches 24,000.
Of these, the bed usage rate for critically ill patients, which was calculated based on a new standard based on the characteristics of the Omicron strain, was 36.3% as of the 22nd, an increase of 0.2 points from the 21st.
The target severely ill patients are those who are using the conventional standard ventilator or ECMO = artificial cardiopulmonary device, as well as those who are undergoing "high flow therapy" that administers a large amount of high-concentration oxygen. It also includes patients who are likely to need these treatments and are in the ICU.
In addition, the percentage of inpatients who require oxygen administration has not been announced today.
As of the 21st, it was 21.0%, and the next announcement is scheduled for the 23rd.
The 7-day average number of new positives was 14,003.3 as of the 22nd, a decrease of 583.1 from the 21st.